off topic ..but help..

Leaving Fla for a trip to NYC...want to see Manhattan, (time square, brodway..ect.)..looking to stay in jersey and take the tracks to grand central station...then go from there..Does this sound like the way to go and avoid the Manhattan room prices..?.any ideas??..sugestions..

Personally, I'd check for some good prices on expedia etc. in NYC. Not sure you'll save all that much on the Jersey side and it's so much easier to walk out of your Manhattan hotel and be there. It makes it a whole different trip, and you aren't a slave to train schedules, especially if you are a night owl.

Personally, I'd check for some good prices on expedia etc. in NYC. Not sure you'll save all that much on the Jersey side and it's so much easier to walk out of your Manhattan hotel and be there. It makes it a whole different trip, and you aren't a slave to train schedules, especially if you are a night owl.

Agreed ... Of course the duration of your trip and time of week will greatly determine your expenditure. Even the most expensive of hotels can be attained at a discount.

Definitely look on Craigslist for the equivalent of our "B+Bs"/ one night apartment rentals.
Go to the Manhattan tab, search apartments, and set the price range from say $50 to $200. You'll find really nice apartments for rent by the day. Anything is better than the shoebox hotel rooms. Not sure if you have enough time to, but this is definitely the way to go when visiting the city.
If you go this route read this helpful link to prevent getting scammedhttp://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/vac/3816519001.html

From jersey check out Hoboken ... You can take Path Train right into middle of Manhattan .... 10 minute train ride ... Not sure how old you are either but Hoboken is a nice fun young person bar scene as well

there are plenty of decent affordable hotels that have been refurbished or newly built to accommodate the booming tourist trade. There is a Courtyard in the midtown area, for instance that is convenient to everything

There are NO trains that run from New Jersey to Grand Central, by the way but that is only one of the ten thousand reasons NOT to stay in New Jersey to visit New York City

Leaving Fla for a trip to NYC...want to see Manhattan, (time square, brodway..ect.)..looking to stay in jersey and take the tracks to grand central station...then go from there..Does this sound like the way to go and avoid the Manhattan room prices..?.any ideas??..sugestions..

We travel to NYC every year for XMas holiday. I never thought the few bucks you'd save would be worth the inconvenience of having shlep around. I've stayed at the Hyatt Grand Central and the rate is around $250. The Hyatt on the Hudson in Jersey City (looks like it has great views of NYC right from the hotel) is about $220. If I were doing business in Jersey, that would be the hotel to be at. My advice is to pick the neighborhood you want to be in, then find something in your price range there. It's always fun to explore different neighborhoods. We try to stay at a different hotel each trip. Some of our favorites: The Benjamin, The Michaelangelo, Loews Regency and the Westin Times Square. Some of the bigger chains have smaller, but nice Garden hotels.

I'm originally from Jersey, and I always would stay in Jersey City, near the PATH trains, to beat the Manhattan room rates. Try googleing "Jersey City hotels near PATH". I think you can get a room for around $100 a night.